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Table 9. Federally financed higher education R&D expenditures, by federal agency and R&D field: FY 2014

(Dollars in thousands)

Field All federal R&D expenditures DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF USDA Othera
All R&D fields 37,922,314 4,922,036 1,803,449 20,277,673 1,326,468 5,125,870 1,059,350 3,407,468
Science 30,373,434 2,444,746 1,009,607 19,442,953 884,933 3,637,169 996,414 1,957,612
Computer sciences 1,390,011 553,548 47,108 72,115 17,807 556,757 7,883 134,793
Environmental sciences 2,070,541 221,939 125,360 96,974 297,857 756,098 48,905 523,408
Atmospheric sciences 388,741 48,124 25,887 2,576 98,715 97,202 7,545 108,692
Earth sciences 739,515 75,103 65,228 11,590 159,268 265,968 23,642 138,716
Oceanography 663,792 86,335 9,441 9,622 24,759 318,440 2,932 212,263
Environmental sciences, nec 278,493 12,377 24,804 73,186 15,115 74,488 14,786 63,737
Life sciences 21,220,369 876,589 185,034 17,802,323 83,383 725,552 855,103 692,385
Agricultural sciences 1,075,127 24,706 55,274 74,004 8,151 117,498 606,692 188,802
Biological sciences 7,229,876 265,332 93,836 5,930,214 40,067 515,430 195,978 189,019
Medical sciences 11,699,666 532,024 21,896 10,782,775 33,480 63,062 28,420 238,009
Life sciences, nec 1,215,700 54,527 14,028 1,015,330 1,685 29,562 24,013 76,555
Mathematical sciences 441,199 96,255 12,433 44,647 3,436 248,880 4,325 31,223
Physical sciences 3,155,677 482,025 606,277 488,131 442,766 1,001,332 5,203 129,943
Astronomy 380,829 13,653 6,942 397 248,836 100,637 0 10,364
Chemistry 1,080,035 133,235 146,490 414,262 14,714 333,249 3,498 34,587
Physics 1,509,830 301,741 427,722 54,076 149,021 509,364 1,013 66,893
Physical sciences, nec 184,983 33,396 25,123 19,396 30,195 58,082 692 18,099
Psychology 751,215 48,547 341 502,024 18,622 71,740 5,198 104,743
Social sciences 919,994 97,776 8,385 315,667 16,970 132,946 60,053 288,197
Economics 138,734 9,799 2,875 39,335 166 24,104 31,253 31,202
Political sciences 145,686 20,003 1,642 38,729 278 20,614 3,996 60,424
Sociology 252,000 10,293 1,574 107,818 295 41,520 11,113 79,387
Social sciences, nec 383,574 57,681 2,294 129,785 16,231 46,708 13,691 117,184
Sciences, nec 424,428 68,067 24,669 121,072 4,092 143,864 9,744 52,920
Engineering 6,422,024 2,423,730 788,050 619,095 435,213 1,255,033 51,689 849,214
Aeronautical and astronautical engineering 474,772 268,796 13,995 1,749 113,353 21,989 139 54,751
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 606,468 113,730 38,877 353,634 4,368 63,761 10,200 21,898
Chemical engineering 472,203 84,126 138,122 77,739 5,865 139,078 6,304 20,969
Civil engineering 577,789 56,413 55,326 15,275 16,147 151,392 7,725 275,511
Electrical engineering 1,741,191 930,870 108,949 58,828 90,752 377,303 1,304 173,185
Mechanical engineering 949,818 400,458 178,188 44,237 59,144 176,093 1,256 90,442
Metallurgical and materials engineering 490,649 191,200 127,077 17,422 8,015 111,001 1,185 34,749
Engineering, nec 1,109,134 378,137 127,516 50,211 137,569 214,416 23,576 177,709
Non-S&E 1,126,856 53,560 5,792 215,625 6,322 233,668 11,247 600,642
Business and management 77,536 20,932 1,386 4,030 62 13,400 1,445 36,281
Communications, journalism, and library science 54,407 3,132 65 17,705 147 9,607 764 22,987
Education 661,057 8,699 935 62,066 3,890 163,332 3,082 419,053
Humanities 75,507 4,500 1,031 11,112 302 18,410 52 40,100
Law 23,949 1,129 81 4,425 220 1,575 209 16,310
Social work 106,306 1,594 0 92,456 141 421 973 10,721
Visual and performing arts 9,106 274 1,120 1,025 0 2,466 165 4,056
Non-S&E, nec 118,988 13,300 1,174 22,806 1,560 24,457 4,557 51,134
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; nec = not elsewhere classified; NSF = National Science Foundation; S&E = science and engineering; USDA = Department of Agriculture.
aIncludes all other agencies reported.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2014.